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Malcolm is the name of the title character in the American sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle", about a teenager who finds out he has an IQ of 165, sees life rather pessimistically, complains a lot, and has a hilariously dysfunctional family.

-- Anonymous User 6/22/2005

When I was younger, I heard the name Malcolm and thought it was spelled Milkum.

-- Anonymous User 11/21/2005

Famous bearer - Malcolm Jamal Warner who is best known for playing Theo on the Cosby Show.

Wow... "satanic". Really. I'd like to know the "unpleasant history" of which you speak.

Anyways, back to rational commentary: I think Malcolm is a great name. Number one, I love it because of one of its most famous bearers Malcolm X. But, also it's a old-fashion name that you don't hear often.

Malcolm is one of my very favorite names for a boy. It's an adult name that isn't too heavy for a child to bear, plus you get the nickname "Mal" out of it.

While Malcolm has a long history as a given name, I feel like really only two examples are readily remembered in contemporary parlance: Captain Malcolm Reynolds from the show "Firefly," and Malcolm X. The first is a fictional character from a cult classic sci-fi show, and the second is a "controversial" civil rights leader. I sincerely hope that the previous poster wasn't referring to Malcolm X when she was talking about the name's "unpleasant history," because honestly that's a racist implication - no point in dancing around the truth.

It's a shame that Malcolm X's legacy has caused so many to regard Malcolm as a "scary" name.